Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cme!durer!rowe From: rowe@cme.nist.gov (Walter Rowe) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: login procedure on UNIX (any difference between root & user) Message-ID: Date: 14 Jul 90 20:47:31 GMT References: <1990Jul12.223945.20137@cadence.com> Sender: news@cme.nist.gov Distribution: comp Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology Lines: 16 In-reply-to: yhsieh@cadence.cadence.com's message of 12 Jul 90 22:39:45 GMT >>>>> On 12 Jul 90 22:39:45 GMT, yhsieh@cadence.cadence.com (Tommy Hsieh) said: |> If I login as root, it gives me the prompt right after the |> /etc/motd message. If I login as normal user, it gives me the |> /etc/motd message and then I have to wait one or two minutes ... Are you running quota's ? If you are, my guess is that root doesn't have one and you do, and that the system is checking your quota when you log in. Root would log in much faster since there is not quota to check. wpr --- Walter P. Rowe ARPA: rowe@cme.nist.gov System Administrator, Robot Systems Division UUCP: ...!cme-durer!rowe National Institute of Standards and Technology LIVE: (301) 975-3694